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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1992
William S Drummond, Cornelius, OR (US);
Arthur J Metz, Gervais, OR (US);
Walter D Fields, Beaverton, OR (US);
Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for generating a phase startable clock signal, comprises an oscillator for providing a continuous sinusoidal input signal, a control signal source for providing a control input signal having a transition between a first state and a second state at a selected time during the signal epoch of the sinusoidal input signal, and a phase splitter, track and holds, multipliers and a summation device for operating on the sinusoidal input signal with the control input signal to produce a sinusoidal output signal commencing with a predetermined phase at a predetermined time relative to the transition.